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Medical electrode

  • US 20040054393A1
  • Filed: 05/22/2002
  • Published: 03/18/2004
  • Est. Priority Date: 01/21/2000
  • Status: Abandoned Application
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1. A medical electrode for application to the skin of a living subject for sensing biopotentials created within the body of the subject or for electrostimulating the skin and deeper lying tissue layers, the skin of the subject having an exterior stratum corneum layer and a subsurface stratum germinativum layer, comprising:

  • a generally planar carrier base member; and

    a plurality of electrical signal carrying spikes integrally formed with said base member and arranged in an array thereon, said spikes being electrically and mechanically connected to each other by said base member and comprised of the same material as said base member, said spikes being electrically conductive on their surfaces, said spikes being formed to penetrate the skin of the subject and having a length sufficient to extend into the stratum germinativum of the subject.

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